Standing-grain harvester.



C. C. BALDWIN. s-upDLNG GRAIN HARVESTER. APPLgcA'nowrlLzn my mum.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

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CURTIS C. "BALDWIN, F NICKERSON; KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

STANDING-GRAIN HARVESTER.

Application filed July 20, 1914. Serial No. 851.991.

lrain Harvesters, of whichthe following a specification.

lily invention relates toharvesters and more particularly to a combined standing:- grain harvester and thresherrsuch as is described in Patent-No.' 1.0045134. granted to me on September 26, 1911.

This invention has for its object to generallyimprove the construction'of the inachine shown and' described in the above mentioned patent. It has been my object to decrease the weight and power requirement of the machinerand with this end in view it have omitted. the blast mechanism for directing and holding the heads of grain against the stripping cylinder and in its stead have placed a draper or endless slatted canvas belt. h

A further improvement lies in spacing; apart the stripping cylinder and screw COH- veye-r and placing therebetween a rotary sweep to renderpositive the delivery of the material from said cylinder to; the conveyer. d i I q The above and other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description, taken in. connection with the drawings, in which: i

Figure 1 is a top plan view of amachine embodying my invention, part tltci eof being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a. side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is alongitudinal cross-sectioinil to view of the same, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. at is a perspective view of the sweep.

(erta'in parts such as thd driving devices in the drawings are merely shown diagram- 15 maticallv as they constitute no part of the present. invention.

The carriage comprises a frame 10 which i is pivotally fixed on a main axle 11 at the ends oi which are mounted the road wheels 12 and 13. A beam 14 such as in my patent above referred lb is secured at one end to the frame 10 and serves as means to which the draft animals mav be hitched. Lovers 15 are pivoted on the axle '11 a ":(l have upwardly projecting ends 16 which extend under the casing 17 in front of the Wheels 12 and 13. The levers 15 with the ends 16 thereof 't'orm bell crank levers so that by operating levers 18 attached to thmarms 15' the casing]; 17 may be raised and lowered to bring the front end of the device in proper relation to the standing grain. I

The casing 17 extends across the front end of the machine parallel to the axle 11 and it has an entrance opening 15) at its front end to receive the upper ends and heads on the stalks ct grain. The lower part of the casing, 17' has a part 20 which extends around in front of and above the plane of the. shaft which carries the stripping A-lJ-J cylinder The shaft 22 is mounted in opposite ends of the casing 17 and the strip pint: cylinder 23 carried thereby has teeth Q-lon its outer surface capable of engaging and stl-hpping the heads from the standing grain. In order to positively feed the grain to the stripping cylinder '23 and to hold the heads in contact therewith while the cylinder 23. rotates, I provide a reel draper or endless canvas belt 25 provided at intervals with transverse slats 25'. The belt passes around rollers 26 and 27. The

" roller 2t) is journale'd at the outer ends of Patented can. win.

a pair o't arms rigidly secured to the I upper forward end of the casing 17 'at the top of the opening 19, while the roller 27 is jonrnalcd at or near the point where the arms 29 are secured. Thetlrapcr or endless belt 25 is arranged to have its lower side travel in the direction of the arrow toward the cylinder-2E and above the standing grain, and in contact withthe heads thereof and moving preferably at an angle to the plane of the grain. The cylinder 23 isrotated so that its trontsnrfaee moves npwardlyand strips the heads tronrthc grrainby an upstroke, the drapertorcing the heads against the cylinder and holding them in contact therewith while the cylinder st ips them oft the stalks. \Vhilethc slats t the draper do not normally strike the cylinder teeth, they operate to bringthe heads in the path of the teeth 24 and bend the straw so as to bring the heads into engagement with the said. teeth. It will. also be observed that many heads immediately into ont of the cylinder are crowded into contact therewith by other heads which are being pnshed back by the draper. The draper is located above and in advance of the cylinderand is driven by a belt 28 from the shaft 522' of the cylin der the adjacent surfaces of the cylinder and belt moving upwardly and in the same direction, thus cooperating to a certain extent to strip the heads from the'straw.

From the front compartment 29 in which the stripping cylinder 23 is mounted. the grain and chaff pass into a compartment 30 in which a rotary sweep, 31 is journaled. The sweep 31 extends across the machine parallel to the cylinder '23 and-is mounted to rotate in hearings in the opposite ends of the casing 17. It consists of a shaft 32 supporting crossed arms 33 and 3-]: intermediate its ends, carrying bars 35 parallel to the shaft. The sweep is driven in the direction as indicated by the arrow and engages the grain and chaff thrown rearwardly by the stripping cylinder 23 and the bars rotate close to the teeth 2* of the stripping cylinder, so that the delivery of the material from the cylinder 23 to the conveyer 36 will be positive. The conveyer 36 consists of a spiral member journaled in the ends of the 'asing 17 at the rear thereof and the conveyer extends transversely of the machine the whole length of the casing 17. It is so constructed as to collect and move the material from either end toward the center to an elevator 37 which has buckets or flights thereon to move the grain upwardly through the compartment 38 and into the threshing compartment 39 which contains the toothed threshingcylinder :10, and the toothed concave i1.

The material is threshed in the threshing compartment 39 and a fan 42 discharges a blast of air across the outlet opening 43 of the threshing compartment 39. The grain will be thrown across the opening and into the chute 44 from which it is elevated by the elevator 45, moving vertically in the compartment 40. The. chaff will be blown upwardly and out through the conduit 47 and delivery opening 48, The grain is car- -ried upwardly where it is discharged into a chute 49 from which it is delivered into the cleaner shoe 50. in which are located the two riddles or screens 51 and 52. The shoe 50 is supported above the conduit 17 and by suitable frame work on the machine.

A rotary fan 53 in" the casing 54 at the rear end of the shoe 50 discharges a blast of air acrosstheriddles and the chaff escapes through the opning 55 atthe forward ,end of the ,shoe'5 'The tailings are returned to the thi eshing compartment 39 through a conduit 56 while the grain is delivered from a spout 57 at the lower rear end of theshoebOp Any suitable means may be employed for shaking the screens or riddles 51 and I have shownthem. mounted on hangers/58 which are pivoted to the shoe 50 and coiinected together by a bar 59 which is reciprocated by a yoke 60 having an eccentric connection at one end with the shaft 61011 which the fan 53 is mounted.

The mechanism is driven by means of an internal combustion engine or other suitable driving device (32 mounted on the frame '10. A belt ()3 connects the shaft of the engine (i2 and the shaft (3 1 upon which the threshing cylinder #10 is mounted. A belt 3 driven by the shaft (S l is connected to drive the fan 42. A belt 66 connects theshaft (i7 and the shaft 68 journaled at the lower end of the compartment 4.6. The belt of the elevator -15 is driven by the shaft ()8 and drives the shaft ()9 at the upper end of the compartment -16, which is connected by a belt 70 with the shaft 61npon which are mounted the fan 53 and the eccentric for operating the yoke (30.

The shaft (A drives a belt 71 which passes around pulleys on the shafts 22, 32 and 72, and is so arranged as to drive these shafts and the elements thereon in the directions indicated by the arrows.

The operation of the device may be most readily traced on Fig. As the machine moves across a field with the drapcr 25 at the front and at the proper elevation, the said draper whose speed around the rollers is twice the forward speed of the machine drags and pushes the heads of the grain into contact with the teeth and surface of the cylinder 23 which strikes the heads with an upward stroke. The grain heads and chaii' are thrown by the cylinder into the chamber 30 of the sweep 31, which sweeps them along the floor to the screw conveyer 36. The conveyor 36 delivers the material to the bucket elevator 37 which delivers the material to the threshing mechanism. From the cylinder 10, the chute it delivers the material to the elevator 45 after it has been swept by a blast from the fan 42. From the elevator 45 the spout 49 leads to the cleaner {5'0 which delivers chaff through the opening tailings through the conduit 56, and clean grain through the spout 57.

While I have shown and described the machine in detail, I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction shown as it is evident that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a harvesting machine of th crharaca X ter referred to, the; combinatlon 1th a- ,Said head (.lirccting means and cooperating therewith to separate the heads from the stalks.

In a harvesting machine of the (.llzll'uw ter referred to, the combination with a wheeled frame and a'casing thereon having formed therein an opening adapted to receive the heads of standing grain as the machine is moved forward, of an endless belt operating to deflect the heads of grain into said opening as the machine advances, and

a movable device within the casing arranged to engage the grainheads while moving in the same general direction as the operative run of the belt, whereby the heads will be detached from their supporting stalks bya pulling-action.

3. .In a standing grainthresher, the combination of a casing having an opening at the front thereof, a stripper located in said casing adjacent the opening therein, and

means in said casing at the rear er the stripper for clearing away the material from'adjacent saidstripper, the adjacent parts of Witnesses:

said means and stripper moving in substantially the same direction.

4. In a standing grain thresher; the-combination of a casing having an opening at the front thereof, a stripper in said casing movable upwardly past said opening and adapted to engage the upper ends of stalks the material from adjacent said stripper and delivering it to said conveying means. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CURTIS C. BALDWIN.

, ALTA F. GIBnnxs, LOU A. GIBBENS. 

